Abstract
During his presidency, Viktor Yushchenko made significant efforts to commemorate the victims of the Holodomor. What were the political motivations behind these efforts? What political rhetoric did he use to establish a memory narrative? In this case study of memory in Ukraine, I apply theoretical frameworks from political theorists Georges Mink, Laure Neumayer, and Jenny Edkins, as well as historian Pierre Nora, to analyze how Yushchenko and his government built a memory narrative through laws, speeches, and testimonies— all later displayed in the new Museum of the Holodomor Genocide.
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Assoufid, Alexander Noaman
(2025)
"Constructing Memory Into Identity: Exploring the Politics of Remembrance of the Holodomor Under Yushchenko’s Presidency,"
Claremont-UC Undergraduate Research Conference on the European Union:
Vol. 2025, Article 5.
Available at:
https://scholarship.claremont.edu/urceu/vol2025/iss1/5